CHF or Congestive Heart Failure, a condition on continuos rise explained - Are lifestyle changes responsible for increase in cases of CHF? What are the main causes? Economic impact on health system? Innovations in diagnosing and treating CHF?
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Dr. Carl (Chip) Lavie, Professor of Medicine in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases at the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School and the University of Queensland School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, discusses his article appearing in the March 2013 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, which shows a comparable outcome between patients with Heart Failure as was seen in previous studies of patients with coronary heart disease in regard to the Obesity...

Dr. Young Juhn, Faculty Member in Pediatrics and director of Pediatric Asthma Epidemiology Research at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, discusses his article intended for inclusion in the October 2012 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, where contrary to their hypothesis, he notes an increased risk of coronary artery disease and diabetes in association with a diagnosis of asthma.
Available at: http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(12)00733-1/fulltext
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Dr. Carl (Chip) Lavie, a cardiologist from Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, LA, discusses an article appearing in the May 2012 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, which provides further evidence for the validation of the obesity paradox. Previous study results may be misleading if fitnessof the patient is not also considered.
Available at: http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(12)00266-2/fulltext

Dr. Carl (Chip) Lavie, Professor of Medicine in the Department of
Cardiovascular Diseases at the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular
Institute, Ochsner Clinical School and the University of Queensland
School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, discusses his article
appearing in the September 2011 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings on the
effects of body composition and coronary heart disease mortality. Available at:
http://tinyurl.com/3to6x5q .